Digital Resourcing Apprentice

Company information:

Xpress Recruitment are Scotland’s largest and leading independent hospitality and retail recruiter. Xpress was established in 2003 to provide clients and candidates with strong recruitment guidance and direction delivered in a prompt, efficient and personalised manner. Our team of specialist consultants are field based across the UK and provide proactive solutions, using their industry experience to place candidates in rewarding hospitality jobs, retail jobs and sales jobs across the UK. We offer comprehensive, honest and cost effective recruitment services to all of our clients across the UK marketplace.

Main duties:

• Managing all ad responses and ensuring all applications receive a response to their applications on Recruit Genie


• Screening candidates CVs, selecting and shortlisting appropriate candidates for our clients on Loomly


• Managing Microsoft Excel spreadsheets databases and keeping them tidy and up to date


• Working with clients to ensure they have good ad responses in a timely manner


• Advertising jobs and using social media to promote our clients and their job vacancies


• Using Canva to design marketing material

Skills and qualities:

• Good foundation knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite


• High standard of processing and numeracy


• Strong keyboard skills


• Can work well under pressure


• Ability to provide excellent customer service

Salary and benefits:

• £18,000


• Career development into recruitment


• Pension scheme


• Holidays – 34 days

Location:

• Office based at South Gyle Business Park EH12


• Potential for work from home/hybrid can be discussed at interview

Interview process:

• 1st interview = face to face with Joyce Frankish


• 2nd interview = face to face with Sara Moreno, Warren Trewick and Joyce Frankish (separately)

Start date: ASAP

Future prospects:

90% of QA apprentices secure permanent employment after completing: this is 20% higher than the national average.

Important information:

This vocational apprenticeship comprehensively supports your specific job role with this particular employer. Throughout your learning journey, you are fully supported by your dedicated QA skills coach and your mentor at work. They ensure you settle in, help you develop all the skills you need to be successful in your job role and pass your assessments, and can provide one to one support.

Starting with insights into your current potential, they plan your growth in a programmatic way, close skills gaps with immersive training and ensure what you learn is applicable to what you do. They talk you through the specifics on the qualifications you gain and how they align in particular to your day to day role.

On completion, as well as the valuable work experience you have gained, you get a nationally recognised qualification at SCQF Level 6.

If you are interested in starting your career and receiving a work based qualification at the same time APPLY NOW!